In 2003, Kobe, 33, was accused of sexually assaulting a female hotel employee in Colorado. The charges were later dropped and he famously purchased a $4 million dollar, eight-carat purple diamond ring for Vanessa, 29, as an apology.

So once Kobe and Vanessa's divorce is finalized, who will get to keep the bling? "It may not be a true gift," Christopher C. Melcher, a family law attorney, told the Los Angeles Times.

In California, something doesn't qualify as a gift unless there's a signed document noting that it was actually a gift, he told the paper. This means there's a likely possibility that the ring is considered community property and would be among the assets split.